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[Martin_1962]

I needed to tape something so I decided to free off the mode motor on my Sony SL-HF950

Well it works now, but one of the chassis to deck wires got trapped and one was snapped.

That has been repaired but now there is no head rotation.

Any electronics gurus or VCR repair gurus available.

Can't afford another as they fetch stupid price S/H

[Danny]

video... so 1990s!!

invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder

[Martin_1962]

video... so 1990s!!

invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder

DVD recorders are pants

hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.

This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality

[Danny]

well yeah there is that, my DVD recorder's never let me down tho..

[Kevin Wood]

video... so 1990s!!

This one's earlier than that I'd say

Does it do anything at all towards tape loading or just no activity? I guess spinning up the head would be the first thing it does when you hit play so it's probably no showing signs of life? Does it fast forward and rewind?

Not something simple like an interlock switch or IR detector out of place so it doesn't detect tape insertion?

Was the broken wire anything to do with the supply to the head? Just thinking it might have shorted somewhere and taken out something?

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

well yeah there is that, my DVD recorder's never let me down tho..

Is it 18 years old?

[miggy]

video... so 1990s!!

invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder

DVD recorders are pants

hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.

This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality

You will need a digital one when the changover happens

[Martin_1962]

video... so 1990s!!

invest in a hard drive recorder or a DVD recorder

DVD recorders are pants

hard drive recorders do not play back tapes.

This VCR is superb at picture quality, the intended replacement was broadcast quality

You will need a digital one when the changover happens

Mainly for playback I have about 20 L500s recorded in super mode

[Martin_1962]

One just finished on Ebay with no remote for the bargain price of £205

[wakeyomega]

or..... get one like mine. Panasonic DMR 95.

250gb hard drive. VHS tape deck. DVD recorder AND SD card slot. You can also copy any to any.

and the real acid test - my wife now prefers it to the old VHS recorder.


The down side. - with a 250 Gb hard drive, she had 50 hours of recorded TV to watch we came back from holiday last month!!

[Martin_1962]

VHs pah! - rubbish format, yes I have got a vcr which I need to play back the tapes recorded on it due to format variations.

Home VCRs are dead but someone forgot to tell my 300 or so tapes with around 20 in super mode

[Martin_1962]

I managed to get an old Sanyo HiFi working last night but it chewed up a PRox-X tape before deciding to behave, then I gave my wife the bad news. "You know you won't be able to watch until it has finished recording"

She forgot that VCRs you cannot watch while recording.

[Martin_1962]

Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.

[Danny]

is it a top-loading Ferguson Videostar?

[Jimbob]

Take it for a repair on Saturday - told them repair no matter what.

They'll be the happiest repair shop in town!  Think Christmas has come early!

"Ahh yes sir, we had to reroute the negative ions through the jeffries tube via the flux capacitor, That'll be £800 please"